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The more I look at my guitar the more I think she has an open fracture... eek!

I know the support guy has nothing to do with this, it seems like the person who shipped it forgot to relieve tension on the strings (this thing has 80kg tension at the base of the neck, just where the fracture started) before shipping...

Well, at least I know I'll never, ever, break an instrument on stage, a la "the who", just seeing this one is way too painful!

Think the break is right on the scarf joint where it is traditionally an easier place to fracture. Think a competent luthier would have no problem fixing it so you'd never know that it had been broken. So it's probably not ALL bad news. But such a shame it happened in the first place.

That's a fairly common break on Gibson's. All guitars acutally, with the 13 degree angled headstock.

As someone said above, any competent luthier should be able to fix it.

As far as UPS, I hope you took pictures of the packaging. I know FedEx has been giving people who have had items broken a really hard time with their insurance claims, citing "improper packaging, it's not our fault".

Think the break is right on the scarf joint where it is traditionally an easier place to fracture. Think a competent luthier would have no problem fixing it so you'd never know that it had been broken. So it's probably not ALL bad news. But such a shame it happened in the first place.

Hope it all works out for you.

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It's very common and its possible to fix. It happened to my guitar a few years back (my little bro' borrowed it when I was out of town..).

Even if you look careful on mine you can't see that it has been damaged

Take it to the nearest guitar centre, they have probably fixed many of them.

Don't even get me started on UPS. I will NEVER again use that sack o' *@#* service. Last year I was at a sci-fi con in PA. Purchased a piece of art for a pretty penny. I shipped it home. It was on canvas stretched on a wood border. When I got home first and foremost the thing was sitting out in front of my house next to the garage even though I specifically specified that a signed signature was required. Since I live in an attached row of townhouses anyone could have come up and taken it. That got my blood boiling as it is. What made me want to strangle someone was the picture below. There was a 4 in gash in the package. I **** you not I just about fell over when I saw that. I rushed inside and but for the grace of god the gash was on the flip side of where the canvas was stretched. If it had been on the opposite side...*shudders* Never again will I use UPS. Brown can go bankrupt for all I care. PS I insured the package for $700 but frankly since its art $$$ is pretty much pointless.

Its even better when you take something electronic that you just sold on ebay to the post office, all packed and ready to ship, and you gently place it on the counter, pay for postage, and the attendant picks it up. After picking it up the attendant delicately drops it to the floor of the post office with resounding, echoing crack, and then throws it into the big bin of packages, and, with a wink, says "You didn't see that happen." Luckily, I over package things that must be sent by mail...so it worked out well enough.

That's a fairly common break on Gibson's. All guitars acutally, with the 13 degree angled headstock.

As someone said above, any competent luthier should be able to fix it.

As far as UPS, I hope you took pictures of the packaging. I know FedEx has been giving people who have had items broken a really hard time with their insurance claims, citing "improper packaging, it's not our fault".

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also the truss rod opening up at the headstock instead of the highest fret (like in most martins) does not help

mahogany, while hard, is also a very brittle wood...thus you don't see a lot of headstock breaks on a maple neck...some gibson les paul customs have maple necks and they rarely break...the les paul standard, junior, special, studio, and most gibson sg models have mahogany necks

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